[RS 2.1] Legion numbers shown in settlement ui on campaign map rome 0turn and 1turn updated 25.11.2010

[chris10]

Ok...guys...here we go....

All Rome players know the frustration when it comes to the question where the numbered Legions can be recruited or retrained.
While doin this submod I was going through the Legion Recruitment and found that the way this is reflected in RSII is a bit chaotic. While historically correct it is a nightmare gameplaywise because there are areas where the player can recruit or retrain up to 7 different numbered Legions while in a neighbouring Province its down to 1 .
If the player has not constantly a map at hand he is permanently lost and opening settlement details to see what and where he can recruit or retrain instead of playing the game.

While I wish I would have the perfect solution at least I can make the Rome Players life a bit easier with this new submod.
I completely edited the Settlement UIs so they show the numbers of the Legions which can be recruited in the City.
So this is seen on the campaign map next to the settlement name regardless who owns the settlement.
I only wish I could make a difference between Hamata and Segmentata but thats not possible,sorry.
As well things are a bit messy when it comes to the areas with lots of Legions to recruit. The settlement UI gets a bit crowded in that case

I add some screens so you can see what this is about
but after all when playing Rome I think this is better than walking around constanly speculating.

Notes: The Legions IIII or XIIII are reflected as IV and XIV.
If the UI shows two numbers of the same kind like IV, IV then its
because you can recruit both Legions IV in this settlement, the
Hamata and the Segmentata one.

Install 0Turn:Copypaste imperial_campaign_regions_and_settlement_names into the following folder and overwrite the existing one:
Activision/ Rome-Total War/ Play_Rome/ data/ text
Make a backup of your original .txt file just in case.

Install 1Turn:Copypaste imperial_campaign_regions_and_settlement_names into the following folder and overwrite the existing one:
Activision/ Rome-Total War/ Play_Rome_One_Turn/ data/ text
Make a backup of your original .txt file just in case.


* If you find any errors just let me know

Update 21.11.2010 : Better legibility when lots of numbers are shown especially detecting I was difficult.
Update 22.11.2010: Even better legibility. Adapted now for 1Turn Roman Campaign Patch 2.1
Update 24.11.2010: Fixed error whith Thebas not showing right numbers. New File Uploaded
Update 25.11.2010: 0Turn compatibility confirmed and Updated Install Notes

[LEGIO ROMANI]

Hi Chris, I downloaded your mod. It looks fantastic. Thanks alot for sharing.

[dvk901]

Nice idea...unfortunately, you used a file from a non_roman campaign. The file is different in the Roman campaign from all the others.

[chris10]

Nice idea...unfortunately, you used a file from a non_roman campaign. The file is different in the Roman campaign from all the others.

Glad you liked it...
and you nearly succeded in confusing me...
but just "nearly"...

I used the file from Play_One_Turn for doing it for 1Turn only..
I loaded it and everything is ok...
As in 1Turn there are no Faction Specific things or names it works perfectly for 1Turn.
I found that in 0Turn there is a different file and therefore I'am warning people to try it in 0Turn.

Once you release the Modfoldered 1Turn Roman Campaign I will edit the accordig file to adapt it for the Roman Campaign as this was anyway only meant for Rome Players...

[Spartan 666]

Very well done!

You might want to unify this thread with the other one of yours, it would be great to use them together!

[chris10]

Very well done!

You might want to unify this thread with the other one of yours, it would be great to use them together!

Thanks mate

I thought about unifying threads as these two things go best together,you right , but as this is only works for 1Turn Campaign and the Unit Cards for both I think there would be more than a few mixing things up and installing this into their 0Turn Folder which will either go CTD or mess all the Settlement Names up on the map...then all these guys would come along with forks and torches looking out for me.....naaaaah...
I prefer to stay save and If I pull out something it has to be a driveby download which works 100%.

Once I can get my Hands on the Modfoldered 1Turn Roman Campaign I will swap everything over and will add even a few other cool things I have already prepared and a few others in the pipeline for later.
Its obvious Iam a Rome Fanboy isnt it?
Thing is that everything takes ages and even small changes can take entire nights as one has to study how to do things because when talking about modding Iam a total greeny ...
Only + I have is that Iam sort of a swift learner

[Spartan 666]

You're right, it is better to wait for the patch! I have a submod myself, just waiting for the patch to upgrade it...

I have also had some troubles with specific Rome campaign files, I thought they were the same as all other 0-turns campaign because I only play 1-turn!

By the way, I am a Rome fan too...ROMA VICTRIX!

[toluas]

While we're at it: are you serious, there are OTHER factions than Rome...??

[Honorius]

Impressive work! rep+ to you!

[chris10]

Confirmed 0Turn Compatibility!

Nice idea

Impressive work! rep+ to you!

Hi Chris, I downloaded your mod. It looks fantastic. Thanks alot for sharing.

Very well done!

Many thanks...glad you liked it

[Octavius-Augustus]

Another simple, yet splendid idea. Great work, chris10. Keep up the good work, I'm trying the submod right now! May I try to give you an idea for a similar solution, one I personally prefer - the Legio numbers are shown in the 'province' bar, the one you get when you right click the are around the city. That way the cities stay the same name. I'm not saying that the current version is annoying, I just think this would be better (I've seen it in other mods). Will this be too hard to do?

[chris10]

Another simple, yet splendid idea. Great work, chris10. Keep up the good work, I'm trying the submod right now! May I try to give you an idea for a similar solution, one I personally prefer - the Legio numbers are shown in the 'province' bar, the one you get when you right click the are around the city. That way the cities stay the same name. I'm not saying that the current version is annoying, I just think this would be better (I've seen it in other mods). Will this be too hard to do?

dont think it would be hard...this was more about having an instant indication what is where to find..the problmen with RS II is that the player get lost with where he can recruit and retrain the legions and I found myself constantly opening city info screens to find out and it killed me...RSII has 28 numbered legions and 137 !!!! areas where different Legions can be trained and recruited...thats a nightmare while on the campaign map...player is almost blind...

anyway I will have a look into your suggestion...
glad you like it...
I have 2 other submods which may be intereting for you as well when playing as Rome
here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=404170
and here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=405019

[Protector]

Hi chris,

regarding my file install
Here you are:

EDIT: Meanwhile I did start a new camapign with deleted map and indeed now it shows the Legion numbers.

Thx chris.

[chris10]

Hi chris,

regarding my file install
Here you are:

EDIT: Meanwhile I did start a new camapign with deleted map and indeed now it shows the Legion numbers.

Thx chris.

solved...

[Octavius-Augustus]

dont think it would be hard...this was more about having an instant indication what is where to find..the problmen with RS II is that the player get lost with where he can recruit and retrain the legions and I found myself constantly opening city info screens to find out and it killed me...RSII has 28 numbered legions and 137 !!!! areas where different Legions can be trained and recruited...thats a nightmare while on the campaign map...player is almost blind...

anyway I will have a look into your suggestion...
glad you like it...
I have 2 other submods which may be intereting for you as well when playing as Rome
here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=404170
and here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=405019

I'm happy to know you'll look into it. You're right of course, it's a real pain to keep track of what Legio can be recruited where and your submod helps a lot. My suggestion is suited for people like me who would like a bit more of an 'aestethic' approach. I just don't want to see those Legio numbers all the time with the exception of when I'm recruiting. It will be easier and smoother for me (and for others too, posibly) to just right click the province and see the numbers, while the city names remain the same.

[Skoran]

I don't want to install 2.1 yet cause I don't want to restart my campaign.
I installed this mod but it didn't have any effect. Is this cause I use 2.0? I already tried deleting map.rwm?

Or do I need to start a new campaign for this to work?

[chris10]

I don't want to install 2.1 yet cause I don't want to restart my campaign.
I installed this mod but it didn't have any effect. Is this cause I use 2.0? I already tried deleting map.rwm?

Or do I need to start a new campaign for this to work?

It should work for 0Turn in 2.0 but the engine checkes settlement names just at the beginning of the campaign..so Iam afraid that to have effect it is necessary to start a new campaign.

[need help]

Is this and the legion unit cards save game compatible?

[jerikho]

hi,
thanks for sharing this mod.
i have a quick question, does this mod change the names in saved games or is it only working with free start?

thanks

EDIT: yep. thanks again, looks fantastic!

[chris10]

hi,
thanks for sharing this mod.
i have a quick question, does this mod change the names in saved games or is it only working with free start?

thanks

EDIT: yep. thanks again, looks fantastic!

very kind...
As for your question:
AFAIR It only works on new campaigns but its a bit outdated anyway...
have a look at this...
[RS 2.1a] Rome 1Turn Expansion "Five Good Emperors" Download/Technical Thread